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Erin (AIR-in)
· Common clues: Leprechauns' land; Emerald Isle; Ireland, in verse
· Crossword puzzle frequency: once a month
· Frequency in English language: 38245 / 86800
Also Eire (AIR-uh)
· Common clues: Land of the Leprechaun; Cork's land; Hibernia; Galway locale
· Crossword puzzle frequency: 14 times a year
· Frequency in English language: 22407 / 86800
Erin was the ancient Gaelic name of Ireland, given to the land by the Milesians (according to Irish mythology and folklore) after the goddess Ériu. Nineteenth-century Irish nationalists used 'Erin' as an anglicised Gaelic name for Ireland, as shown in the catchphrase when speaking of Ireland's experiences with Britain, "Let Erin Remember".
The modern Irish name of the country is Éire.
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A Broken Song, by Moira O'Neill.
'WHERE am I from?' From the green hills of Erin.
'Have I no song then?' My songs are all sung.
'What o' my love?' 'Tis alone I am farin'.
Old grows my heart, an' my voice yet is young.
'If she was tall?' Like a king's own daughter.
'If she was fair?' Like a mornin' o' May.
When she'd come laughin' 'twas the runnin' wather,
When she'd come blushin' 'twas the break o' day.
'Where did she dwell?' Where one'st I had my dwellin'.
'Who loved her best?' There's no one now will know.
'Where is she gone?' Och, why would I be tellin'!
Where she is gone there I can never go.
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